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Yamaha amps are built like tanks My remote takes plenty of abuse and has not had a problem either

I woudl recommend the Yamaha 650 over the denon if the best home cinema performance is wanted with the ocaisional music posibility. It qute good with music as well. Im afraid I dont know about HDCD except its another format with higher resolution for normal cd's. My old Nad 541i cdp had it. The only compatible cd I had did sound good with it. Read more here:http://www.hdcd.com/

Do you realise that if your willing to import from Germany you can get the Yamaha ax750SE/rxv-750 for the same price as the 650 over here (approx £300)

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I own both an old school Yamaha stereo receiver and a brand new Denon AVR3805. Go with the Yamaha for sound quality. The Denon is great for just about everything else, but I had to spend an arm and a leg to get what I wanted. I think Yamaha has and always will do a great job with nailing the sound we are all looking for. You don't have to spend a fortune on audio/video, especially on surround sound. Pick your sub and speakers carefully, but going with Yamaha is a win win situation.

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Go for Yamaha if you plan to buy a digital TV (LCD, plasma etc.) because of the audio-delay for lip-sync. It's a necessity! I have mine set to about 30 ms (+ delay in surround-processor). Even if you have a ordinary CRT-TV some DVDs need audio-delay. The cheaper Denons don't have this feature.